# Microcosm

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- Book: [Microcosm](https://www.bookquiver.com/carl-zimmer/microcosm) ([Microcosm.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/carl-zimmer/microcosm.md))
- Authors: [Carl Zimmer](https://www.bookquiver.com/carl-zimmer)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0727-686-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2009-07-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine • Granta Magazine • The Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli's pivotal role in the history of biology,...